Tulipa systola

Tulipa systola
Flowering in the Negev, Israel
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Liliaceae
Subfamily: Lilioideae
Tribe: Lilieae
Genus: Tulipa
Species:
T. systola
Binomial name
Tulipa systola
Synonyms[2]
List
    • Tulipa cuspidata Stapf
    • Tulipa florenskyi Woronow
    • Tulipa levieri Sprenger
    • Tulipa stapfii Turrill
    • Tulipa straussii Bornm.
    • Tulipa sultanabadensis Sprenger

Tulipa systola, the desert tulip, is a species of tulip native to the Middle East; Sinai, the Levant, Anatolia, Iraq and Iran.[2][3] A geophyte adapted to arid conditions, it can remain dormant or produce only leaves in bad years based on environmental cues.[4]

References

  1. ^ Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Wien. Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 50: 17 (1885)
  2. ^ a b "Tulipa systola Stapf". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Tulipa systola (15)". The Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  4. ^ Boeken, B. (1991). "Above-Ground Emergence in the Desert Tulip Tulipa systola Otto Stapf (botanist)|Stapf In the Negev Desert of Israel". Functional Ecology. 5 (5): 705–712. doi:10.2307/2389491. JSTOR 2389491.
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